Thursday, April 7, 2016

Stay positive!

As you all know, April will be the time for the Forward Exam, our state test. As we continue to learn with our students, I urge you to stay positive. The Forward Exam will take instructional time out of our days so those times that we have with our students outside of the testing time needs to be positive for our students and for you. Can you allow students more of a chance for choice in their learning? What new activity might you try? How can you be a learner with your students? Why not invite another teacher in to co-teach an activity? Maybe you could have a guest speaker or guest student? The ideas are truly endless.

As I was on the playground one morning this week hanging out with some students, a familiar springtime joke was told.

"If April showers bring May flowers, what do Mayflowers bring?" Wait for it..."Pilgrims."

Why am I telling you this? It's a little reminder about the fun we can have with students, a chance to show a different side of us that they might not see. Think about the last time you had a good laugh with our students. Was it yesterday? Was it the week before Spring Break? Mine was yesterday during Homework Club. Why do I mention this? I'll tell you why. We are the luckiest people in the world. We get to learn with kids, and each other, every day. Find a way to laugh today with our students or each other. It's a great way to help stay positive.